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Authors: Adam Rex

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Polly and Fi looked at each other.

“It also says that John and Merle rescued the queen, but they’re still in Pretannica and that Scott and Mick are too, and that Scott and Mick are on the run from elves. Oh
no
. Scott’s in trouble and he can’t get home!”

The car was respectfully quiet.

“There’s also … there’s also this stuff about that thing Erno was working on, but I don’t get it. Stuff about finding the centers of circles, and about how the circles don’t match, and …” Polly’s eyes were welling up.

“Hey now,” said Harvey. “People like uth, we don’t cry—”

“Well … well …
sorry!
” Polly seethed, tears streaming. She turned from the others, pressed her hands against her hot face. “I guess … I’m not a person like us then! ’Cause I can cry if I FEEL LIKE IT for my brother who’s gonna get killed and
I’ll never never see him again—
”

“
Im
po
ssible
!” Fi roared, and there was such panache to it that Polly was startled out of her misery. “You are
Polly Esther Doe
! Rescuing brothers is what you do! The witch Fray has doors that lead home, and we will help Scott and Mick to use them! Our size is our strength! There are any number of rifts we may use! We go to Pretannica!”

Polly sniffed. “We do?”

“Harvey! Will you take us to one of the small rifts on Emily’s map?”

Harvey stared, then shrugged. “Yeahshure.”

Fi turned to the other pixies. “Brothers! Will you join us?”

The princes glanced at one another. Then Denzil stepped forward and gave Fi his hand. “I will go, brother. To the isle of Lady Fray and the lovely Morenwyn.” Fee and Fo joined their hands as well.

“To Pretannica,” said Fo.

“To Morenwyn,” said Fee.

Polly wiped her eyes and smirked. “You’ll get to see Morenwyn too,” she told Fi.

Fi took a knee, and then grasped her hand.

“Ah, dear Polly—little sister—
you
are my love.”

Polly blushed.

“Now. Shall we go?”

“Let’s go.”

They went.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ADAM REX
is the author of many books, including
COLD CEREAL
, the first book in the Cold Cereal Saga, the
New York Times
bestselling picture book
FRANKENSTEIN MAKES A SANDWICH
, the middle-grade novel
THE TRUE MEANING OF SMEKDAY
, and the teen novel
FAT VAMPIRE
. He lives with his wife in Arizona. You can visit him online at www.adamrex.com.

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OTHER WORKS

Also by
ADAM REX

COLD CEREAL
: The Cold Cereal Saga, Book One

THE TRUE MEANING OF SMEKDAY

F
OR
T
EENS

FAT VAMPIRE
: A Never Coming of Age Story

CREDITS

Cover design by Joel Tippie and Adam Rex

Balzer + Bray is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Unlucky Charms

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p. cm.—(The cold cereal saga)

Summary: “Three kids must save the world from the diabolical schemes of an evil breakfast cereal company, which has been luring magical creatures to our world through a rift in the time-space continuum”—Provided by publisher.

ISBN 978-0-06-206005-1 (hardback)

EPUB Edition © JANUARY 2013 ISBN 9780062060075

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

[1. Cereals, Prepared—Fiction. 2. Magic—Fiction. 3. Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. 4. Twins—Fiction. 5. Brothers and sisters—Fiction.] I. Title.